Comedians Are The Bolt Cutters Of Life
If you are a comedian and going through something horrible in your life, you will probably write about it. then you become a person outside of yourself who is viewing what happened. You aren’t in there feeling the emotions, the pain of what happened. It’s like a third-person narrative of your life with...
Read MoreCopy Catter
I just finished watching the great documentary on stand up comedy from several years back. It’s called The Art Of Stand-Up that was produced by the BBC. Watch it on YouTube. For anyone who thinks it’s easy to get on stage and tell jokes, you will see there is a lot to it that the average person does...
Read MoreDon’t Be A Chump, Be A Sal Instead
I don’t know why, but it always seems that when someone passes away that was influential in my life, it relates to comedy because there are lessons from that person which the comedy community as a whole should embrace, but do not. I used to be big into the karaoke scene in the city before I got entrenched into...
Read MoreWhen You Know That You Know, Do Others Know?
I just checked the stats from last year to see how many views the blog got. It was down 1,606, or 25% from the previous year. It’s also the first time in four years that I didn’t hit at least 6,300 views for the year. I’d like to say it’s concerning, but in the end few give a shit. People...
Read MoreWhat’s In Your Closet?
My comedy coach told me something a few years ago that I remember but don’t fully put to use. He said if you are trying new material, it’s best if you use your tried and true (audience tested) material at the start of your set, the new in the middle and the tried and true at the end. The reason for this...
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